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From: "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollucci@p6m7g8.com>
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Subject: Re: ports/131563: [patch] Edit www/apache22/pkg-message to prompt
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The following reply was made to PR ports/131563; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollucci@p6m7g8.com>
To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
Cc: "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollucci@freebsd.org>, 
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Subject: Re: ports/131563: [patch] Edit www/apache22/pkg-message to prompt
 	user to add hostname to /etc/hosts
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:52:10 -0500

 Glen Barber wrote:
 > Right.  Most of the apache startup problems on FreeBSD I see are
 > /etc/hosts related.  Most of the users experiencing are "new" to
 > FreeBSD, and neglect adding their hostname to /etc/hosts.  (I know I
 > still do on occasion.)
 Configuring the network in /sysinstall at install time does this for you.
 
 > I have successfully run Apache (2.0.x and 2.2.x) without a ServerName
 > directive but a resolvable address (/etc/hosts entry).
 While its good to have your hostname in /etc/hosts, it doesn't have to be
 a remote dns server can have it and answer it just fine.
 
 The pkg-message isn't meant to replace docs, rather it should really reference 
 docs.
 
 
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